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#blackoutthesystem since the Democrats won't. All for a pinky swear.
Blackout the System We're not asking. We're shutting it down. A national movement across all races, cultures & classes to strategically and peacefully withdraw our labor & spending. The "system" will hear us - We The People. We’re not just talking about what’s wrong - we’re building what is right. A civic force that rivals the rigged system. Mass Blackout Nov 25th - Dec 2nd It's not Left vs. Right - It's Up vs. Down - Their strength is our spending! No Spending. No Streaming. No Restaurants. No Travel. No Work. Stay Home. No backing out! In coordination with The Big Beautiful Boycott, The People's Sick Day and The Progressive Network. About Blackout the System Blackout the System is a national non-partisan, grassroots movement born from frustration, injustice, and the undeniable truth that the people hold the power - not corrupt governments, not billionaires, and not broken systems. It is not just a one-and-done strike, boycott or protest. It is a long-term solution - a movement that aims to bring about significant and strategic change by uniting individuals to peacefully disrupt the current systems and build new ones. Not a moment, but a movement! Our Position The injustices we face—rising inequality, exploited labor, stripped rights, and a corrupted democracy—are all symptoms of one disease: Greed. We oppose the deliberate, engineered division of our country, the hoarding of wealth by corporations and billionaires, and the systematic dismantling of our Constitution. Our position is clear: We believe in the power of the people and in unifying across all demographics, to strategically and peacefully withdraw our labor, our spending, and our financial support, while building resilient, community-based systems that reclaim our resources, restore justice, and return power to the people. Unite. Build. Reclaim.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Some other interestiny sights on Montpelier Hill.
Path through the forest Spiderwebs spun across gorse bush with raindrops from the rain earlier the day caught in them Lady's bedstraw flowers Lesser burdock
July 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Today's little day trip took us to the Hellfire Club on Montpelier Hill.
View over Dublin from Montpelier Hill Some very ominous looking dead trees Hellfire Club as you walk up to it Front of the Hellfire Club
July 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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I spent the weekend tidying up the shelf in the porch and repotting the plants. Sunday evening I switched on the porch light and found this interloper. I admire its determination but it was evicted nonetheless. No idea how it got in or up there! #gardening #indoorgarden #houseplants #succulents
The metal shelf in our front porch, which is mosely glass except for theside walls. The bottom holds gardening tools and propagators. the nect sh lf up is currently empty, the shelf above that has some glass terrariums, containers and cups that are currently empty after my work. and the top shelf has some plants in pots and glass cups. It's dark outside. A closer look at one of the smallsucculents onthe top shelf. A big brown snail is draped over it, trying make it its dinner. How it got allthe way up tvere is a mystery!
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Saw a cool pigeon the other day. #birding #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky
Photo of a pretty, leucistic pigeon sitting on the sidewalk, facing sideways. It is mostly dark grey with an iridescent dark green neck, but it has white flecks all over its face and a pure white tail. Its legs are bright red. Photo of the same pigeon turned slightly away from me, you can see it also has some white flecks at the back of its head. It is sitting closer to the road, as seen by the double yellow line markings on the ground.
July 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Today's #fleamarket find. It's a little beat up, the ink bottles don't match and one of them is damaged, but it is still pretty. Seller is closing their antique store and says he has a matching slope in storage he'll bring next month.
#fountainpen #handwriting
Photo of a vintage laquered paper maché ink stand. It is decorated with gold paint and mother of pearl inlay and features two glass inkwells and a small lidded section for stamps Corner detail of the ink stand, showing the rainbow colours of the mother of pearl inlay Detail shot of the lid of the stand section. Thecorners show light damage. The handle looks and feels like amber.
June 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Amazing!
Screenshot from the Clearsky website showing JD Vance as the most blocked account on Bluesky by a long shot with over 148k blocks, with "journalist" Jesse Singal coming in second with 81k blocks.
June 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Juliette and Henri! #catsofbluesky #catsky
Juliette, a mostly white long-haired cat with green eyes, sitting on the couch and looking up at me expectingly Henri, Juliette's ginger and white short-haired son with golden eyes, looking very dignified while sitting on the couch looking at me
June 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Fun fact for US Americans: this is what many police stations look like in Northern Ireland, to this day. #ACAB #AbolishICE #LosAngelesRiot
Tower of the police station on Springfield Road, Belfast. It sports heavy metal wire panels on the outside Police station on Gosvenor Road in Belfast, with comically tall metal fence Armagh police barracks with tall.metal.fencing around it Portrush police station, an otherwise quaint series of old red brick buildings behind a tall wire fence
June 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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On this #TabbyTuesday I present you Stella, my very timid foster kitten.
#catsofbluesky #catsky #adoptdontshop
Stella the tabby sitting by the door looking past me, a ray of sunshine illuminating her little face Stella sitting in the corner of the room, looking a little worried Stella sitting at the top of the cat tree
May 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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When the husband thinks your #crappycommiecamera isn't quite crappy or commie enough and gets you some authentic 1980 Moscow summer olympics gear.
#shittycamerachallenge #crappycommiecameraparty
Zenit EM camera with Jupiter 37A lens and matching lens case sitting in my bookcase. Bith the camera and the case sport the very art deco 1980 summer olympics logo Closer view of the white 1980 summer olympics logo on the front of the camera body Top of the lens case showing the name in cyrillic. View of the bottom of the lens showing it too has the 1980 summer omympics logo printed on it in white.
May 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Some blooms from the front yard - lilac and cytisus
#bloomscrolling #gardensky #flowerreport
Dark purple cluster of lilac flowers with white edges peeking through the leaves Cluster of cytisus flowers transitioning from pink.toreddish orange
May 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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On this #caturday I present you our current set of foster kittens, Leah (black) and Stella (tabby).
They are still very shy but already doing much better.
#catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop #cats
Leah and Stella huddling at the back of the crate on their first day. Stella using Leahs butt as a pillow as they both glare at me from the crate Leah and Stella sitting on the bed pretending they weren't playing with the cat toys I left them there. Leah has little white toe tips on one hind leg.
May 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Was going to join the #CrappyCommieCameraParty #ShittyCameraChallenge with this but it would appear this one is in perfect condition, including the case.
#Lubitel #Lubitel2
Front view of a Lubitel 2 camera Front view of the near-pristine brown case of the Lubitel 2 View through the Lubitel 2 viewfinder showing the neighbour's tree through the window
May 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Some more shots from the first roll out of the analog Canon.

📷 Canon EOS 650, Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 (first two), Zodel 28mm f/f2.8 (last one)
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 100

#kentmerepan100 #35mm #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #canoneos650
Black and white photo of a fancy smoking pipe with filigree decoration, bowl facing forward and in ficus while everything else is blurred from narrow depth of field. Black and white photo of a single meadow daisy amongst leaves, its surroundings blurRd from narrow depth of field. Black and white photo of a small building brick project, a flower under a clear dome
April 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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On today's #caturday I received the first roll of film back from my analog Canon.

📷 Canon EOS 650, Helios 44-2 58mm f/2
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 100

#catsofbluesky #cats #kentmerepan100 #35mm #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #helios442 #canoneos650
Juliette moved just as I was taking her picture, reaching for me with her paw Henri woke up from a nap in his scrartching post as I was taking this picture Foster kitten Radha peeking from hehind the radiator Juliette on her scratching post again
April 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Behold my extremely professional scanning setup for these!
Huion light table I got in a charity shop for 4 Eur and two metal chests with dice I got from Rejistania
April 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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First roll out of the #sprocketrocket and some shots came out really nice!

📷 Lomography Sprocket Rocket
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 100

#lomography #kentmerepan100 #35mm #filmphotography #blackandwhitephotography #shittycamerachallenge
Dublin streetscape Smithfield square, Dublin St. Stephen's Green, Dublin The neighbour's apple tree in bloom
April 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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The neighbour's crab apple tree with its bright pink blossoms is our personal sign that spring has arrived.

📷 Lomo'Instant Automat
🎞️ instax mini Contact Sheet

#instaxmini #instantfilm #instantcamera #lomoinstantautomat
Instant photo of a crab apple tree covered in rich pink blossoms against a cloudless blue sky.
April 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.

("Hard mode" no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
Merlin magically packing his bag in Sword in the Stone
April 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Yup, medim format SLRs with waist level viewfinder exist and are quite valuable.
Not aware of 625 film, but maybe the number you are thinking of is 645 (which is the size of the photo on some cameras, opposed to square 6x6)
photo of a Mamiya 645 on orange background
April 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Reorganised the bookcase opposite my desk, now people get to look at weird cameras during video calls.
#vintagecameras #retrocameras #instantcameras #cameracollection #cameracollectors
White Billy bookshelf filled with diffebt types of cameras: vintage Polaroids at the top, vintage film caneras in the middle and modern digital, film and instant cameras at the bottom.
April 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Ah no the egg is just a night light, presuming this one?
Tommee Tippee dreammaker screenshot
April 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Henri and Juliette are waiting for the rain to stop so the birds come back into the garden for them to watch through the window.
#cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #adoptdontshop
Our two ginger and white cats on the couch. On the left, sitting up, is Henri. On the right, lying down, is his mother, Juliette.
April 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Ferrania Eura that came from Italy with the original bag, flash, a pack of bulbs and the original batteries.
Very stylish, but delightfully shitty!
#ShittyCameraChallenge #ToyCamera
Ferrania Eura camera sitting atop its dark red pleather bag, with the grey flash, flash bulbs and a set of old batteries in a ziploc bag laid out before it Front view of Ferrania Eura camera in all its glorious art deco style Back view of Ferrania Eura camera, sporting round viewfinder and red window Ferrania camera open, revealing two 120 film spools
April 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM